About

Hello, my name is Lynne
(a.k.a. Fictionophile)

The first is to share my love of reading with others. Nothing gives me so much pleasure as recommending a title(s) or series, then hearing back from someone that they read it and enjoyed it. I love how my blog allows me to connect with other book ‘nerds’ and other bookbloggers and readers around the world.

The second reason is selfish. I use my blog as a way of documenting my own reading and to serve as an additional online place where I can share my opinions about the books I read.

Although I often include purchase links in my blog posts, I do not have any affiliations with any bookseller, nor do I receive any remuneration from them.

I do not receive money for my reviews, and my blog is not remunerated in any way. I review books because I am an avid reader and love to share my thoughts about the books I read. My blog is a labor of love. I feel that the lack of remuneration for my reviews holds the key to their honesty. I would not like to be paid to do this hobby of mine, as I would then feel beholden to always review positively.

Disclaimer:I receive complimentary books from various sources including: publishers, publicists, authors, NetGalley, and Edelweiss. I am not required to write a positive review and have not received any compensation. The opinions shared on Fictionophile are my own entirely.

I enjoy spending quality time with my husband, enjoying a glass of wine with my friends, gardening, watching British television drama, doing word games, crocheting, and jigsaw puzzles. I am the proud mother of two adult children and have one darling baby grandson. I love to read, and my favorite genre is mystery fiction. I also have a deep appreciation for classic literature, historical and literary fiction.

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As a bestselling author and editor I got masses of books as well – although I am retired now. I keep a diary about my reading, meaning that I write about every book after I have read it a couple of sentences. For interviews, articles and radio programs I quite often look at my notes to remember what other people have written and thought. But I am just the opposite to you, I only publish sometimes my book reviews if I get paid for it. Whereas blogging in my small group is just a hobby for me.
With greetings from the the small village next the big sea and thank you very much for commenting on our blog
Klausbernd and The Fab Four of Cley
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Hi, Lynne — I just found your blog today! I’m excited to follow you as we have similar tastes in books. I review, too — Beth’s Book-Nook Blog at http://www.drbethnolan.com via wordpress. I love your background on here!:) I actually came across your blog as I was looking for help with Net Galley titles that disappear and “expire” off my kindle – which is kind of creepy. Hope to see you around the bookish world! -Beth 🙂

Thanks for the follow! I have to say, I drop by Fictionophile a lot for inspiration & motivation. Like you, I started my blog out of passion & my love towards books. For a few years there I kind of ‘lost’ it – I still liked to read but after hours of doing pretty much the same thing for lectures and classes, it was just impossible to get the motivation to finish even 2 books per year. I’ve finished much more than that since I started Bookmarks & Blue Light a few months ago and am loving it. Hope someday my collection will be as large as yours 🙂

Sorry to use this for what should have been a PM, didn’t see that option. I’m wondering if you’ve recently had a problem with scheduling your posts. My schedule button has disappeared. The “happiness engineers” at WP have disclosed they recently changed the publish/schedule buttons. My theme is twenty-sixteen and I was happy with it. Didn’t want to change it, but wondering since you also have a free theme–are you having a problem with the schedule button now as well? Also, Polldaddy has disappeared. They can’t seem to fix either, and the alternative is to save to draft, then publish on day I wanted to schedule. NOT a good alternative!

Your blog inspires me. So much accolades on the wall. I hope to get there someday. I really love mystery&thriller. There’s something about them.. They always have the element of surprise and that’s a break from books clouded with cliché. In general I’m glad I found your blog.

Thanks for your comments Paige. No, I have not read any of Dan Carter’s books. I’ll have to check out his work. If you like thrillers that are gruesome you should read the novels of Mo Hayder or Pierre Lemaitre.
My favorite thrillers from the past few years are: “Little black lies” by Sharon Bolton; “Under your skin” by Sabine Durrant; “I let you go” by Clare Mackintosh; “The bird tribunal” by Agnes Ravatn; and “The day she died” by Catriona MacPherson.

I like your blog. I’m a great writer who needs publicity. We are looking for partners. My stories are short and your feedback would be incredible. With the right marketing and people, this stuff I write about is going places. Please when you can, stop on by at Gastradamus and board the train so we can make money together

Hi, Lynne,
Thank you so much for the follow!
I was reading your review guidelines, I think I need to implement something similar. I am getting swamped! Though I will admit, as an avid reader, it is a nice conundrum!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Robbie
(aka RobbyeFaye, aka Robbye)

Hi Robbie. I just checked out your ‘about’ page and see that you chose to not post any review guidelines. How do you handle review requests? Even with my guidelines I receive 2-3 daily. Impossible to manage…

Lynne, this is an impressive list of reviewing – I hadn’t even heard of Netgalley in 2013 and didn’t realise they’ve been around so long. Your wonderful enjoyment of books is self-evident in your about and it’s great when you can share that further by reviewing books for a larger audience. Lovely to ‘meet’ you! 😀

Hi Lynne! Thanks for the follow. I’m new to blogging so it means a lot to have such a prolific reader/review follow me! I think we have similar tastes in reading (but I also read tonnes of ‘middlebrow’ early-mid 20th) so your recommendations page will be helpful. And I’m with you about covers! I’m a sucker for a gorgeous one. 🙂

My psychological thriller, Expired Listings, was available via NetGalley but I don’t think you caught it at the time. I know you like to promote debut authors. The novel received a great review on Kirkus and on Amazon, 90% of the 79 reviews are 4- and 5-star. If you would like to review, please let me know and I’ll get you a copy in whatever format you prefer.

Your credentials are pretty impressive! Currently I am with a small Canadian publishing house (First Realm Publishing) that I just love and am tying desperately to finish book two of my series, The Brede Chronicles. When I find my books (moved across the US from California, lol) I’ll try to send you one if you have a spare second.
Lovely blog, concise and helpful as well as great design!
Patti

Like anyone, I relish any appreciation others might express for my blog. It is a labor of love after all… I am grateful for any and all attention my blog receives.
That being said, I respectfully decline your offer. I have added a new policy to my ‘About’ page to explain my feelings on this matter.

I visit your blogs and read some parts of it and thought you made some really great points. If you have a chance, please read and review my book if you are interested, titled ” Enter The Monkey”. Enter The Monkey is an exquisitely and often painfully soul-baring true life story. I think it might be of interest to your readers.If you do please let me know.

Interested in reading & reviewing this genre in your spare time? Mystery/sci-fi/thriller/humorous yes, all that. no hype. I’d be verrry interested in how YOU would classify this one.
It’s a new book getting top reviews on Amazon? You’ll be glad I asked.
*ANIMAL FUTURE*, #1 in series, a creative collaboration by my husband and oldest son, Robert and Darrin McGraw both LIFETIME CREATIVES AND avid readers plus maverick and versatile writers! -Check–it–out: Avail: Amazon —-> http://bookshow.me/B00PZL40WS

Proud wife & mom; I’m the publishing “mktng dept”,
Email me: nanci@nanci.org and let’s connect
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